40 lakh pilgrims visited Vaishno Devi till mid of 2015

Navratri season is going through a wave of devotion , the devotees of Mata Vaishno Devi shrine just to see Vaishno Mata. Approx 40 lakh devotees offered prayers to Vaishno Devi at Trikuta hills during the first half of year 2015. Chief Executive, Ajit Kumar Sahu said that total 38.07 lakh devotees had offered prayers at Vaishno Devi till 30th June. But last year in June, the total number of pilgrims was on its hike, it was 39 lakh in number.

In 1986, when shrine board had taken over the affairs of holy shrine, the pilgrims numbers were 14 lakh. But now it is increased seven fold today.